Oravasaari
Helsinki, Finland
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Via de la Plata March 2023
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I have no insights to offer but would love to hear how you’re doing once you get started.
I think it sounds great.
My friend ran the length of NZ in the 90's, it took her about 30 days, running around 80kms a day. (Of course there is a ferry ride between islands - but apart from that she ran the whole way.) She was the first woman to run it, she went with a friend who was the oldest man. I always though of her as superwoman.
As there was really no infrastructure there, their spouses drove a camper van so that they had eating/sleeping sorted out.
As the Frances has plenty of infrastructure - you could stay in hostels,get laundry done, and not require taking much in the way of a pack.
I read about Dean Karnazes, his solution about food involved ordering ahead, it seems he was a fan of the rolled up pizza for efficiency. But you arent doing those distances - so regular pilgrim meals should do the trick.
The only issue I can see is that you will arrive much earlier than your companions and have to wait around waiting for accommodation.
(Two years ago we walked the Camino together - she was 69. Those are her feet top right in my avatar)
Hi @Oravasaari, forum member @Rich1 did this some years ago and from what I can recall, he blogged about it. You might want to send him a PM.
Here's an interesting and honest blog post from Moire O'Sullivan, an Irish mountain runner. I read it some time ago and it inspired me to think about running some or all of the CF some day. She talks about her gear here. It's heavier than I would have expected, but she's not your average runner (she's a mountain running and adventure racing champion!).
If you decide to do this, I'd suggest making full use of the municipal swimming pools along the way. It will be hard to predict the cumulative effects of running every day, but a good stretch in a cold pool, or indeed a river, should work wonders!
If this is something you really want to do, I'd encourage you to give it a go. What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't work out, you can just walk. Good luck!
Good gracious, great link! Running the whole 775 km in 10 days is not quite what I had in mind! Maybe 20 days minimum with my feeble 56 year old shell! Looks like she was fully supported, so no hassle worrying about accommodation or carrying all her gear etc. That would be a great way to do it for sure.
It's actually possible to walk it in 20 days, even in 19. I have done both (at 53 and 62). The last being this past November.
That's good going! Yes, that's pretty much my aim (run/walk an average of 30 odd km per day) so as to stay within the 30 km crowd's bubble and not be running "through" groups. The social side and getting to know people is important etc.
If you are thinking about doing SJPdP - Santiago in 20 days then you will need to do close to 40 km a day. Sometimes I jog down easy declines which is a nice change for the legs but only when I'm alone and no one around
I did the last 100km+ of the Via de la Plata as a one-day ultramarathon last summer, during a family holiday at SdC; I have a bit about the kit I used in this video, and on the webage:
http://www.wartnaby.org/running/camino/index.html
But that's a bit different because I didn't need any overnight gear. In general, I carried too much food, which I could have bought as I went along. Some people did say I might actually have found the CF a bit congested in some narrow sections if I'd done the last 100km of that instead, at a popular time of year -- more of a problem if you're overtaking lots of walkers. (The VdP was very quiet, but I only chose it because of transport logistics really.) Good luck!
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